The School House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. House.

The School House

WRENN ID
fading-cloister-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1983
Type
House
Address
The School House, the Street, Shotesham, NR15 1YL
OS grid reference
TM 247 990
Coordinates
52.54294, 1.31251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The School House is a subdivided house that is attached to a school, likely dating from the 17th century and later. It features a rendered timber frame and a thatched roof. A later extension at the rear creates an L-shaped plan. The windows are mostly from the 18th century, consisting of metal casements, leaded lights, and some with mullion and transom frames. There are two 19th-century front doors with simple hoods, a single dormer, and a large gable-end stack, which probably originally housed a stair to the side. There is also a stack associated with the later extension. The school itself is not considered of special interest.

Local climate

The School House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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